Pleione early 2009.

[Eric Locke]

Cliff

Many thanks for your help.

Eric

[Maggi Young]

Eric, a delight to see these.
Kakatoa 'Wheatear' is a beauty.


Many thanks for getting to the root of  your posting troubles and getting these here to share!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A very impressive series Eric ! 
I join my predecessors in thanking you for your perseverence !  I can tell you, it was worth the trouble and the wait ! 

Your scopulorum form is very special indeed - Kenya 'Bald Eagle' is my other favourite ! 

[Tim Harberd]

Hi Eric,
   How true to colour are these photos?
I'm intrigued by the (almost) absence of yellow on the lip ribs of your Ember.

Apart from that: Congrats on flowering Scopulorum.
It passed out of my hands, unflowered, a couple of years ago.

Tim DH

[Eric Locke]

Hi Tim

Colours are as true as possible ,as I usually alter the white balance manually on all photos to get the best result I can. I have checked this against your photo in the pans thread ,but I guess your photo has been taken using flash going by the sheen on the petals ? and so is difficult to compare.
"Ember" is one sent from yourself ,so it should be the same as yours !!  

Eric

[Tim Harberd]

Hi Eric,
   Your right, I do use flash, tho' more as a fill in than primary light source.
I've just checked and today, without flash, I'd be shooting at a fortieth, not really sufficient for hand held.
Also, even tho' I normally shoot over a 'white' floor I find the lip tends to overshadow itself.

Anyway, to return to 'Ember', my guess is the development of the yellow must be temperature sensitive.
Not really a surprise given the parentage, only I hadn't noticed it on this cultivar before.

Apart from that here is my best ever pan of x confusa. I don't think it'll ever be a great show plant, given its (don't tell the Alpine folks) epiphytic habit of putting out flowers at odd angles.
This is a 2nd year pan, so all bulbs well rooted, and the flower on the far side was going out horizontally before the pot rim intervened

Talking of temperature sensitive colours I got it badly wrong on the attached San Salvador (214.01) this year. Another cultivar I don't think will ever make it big!!

Tim DH

[Pete Clarke]

Tim, I gave up using flash to photograph Pleiones. I always found it caused over exposure of the lip or flare from the petals. Even sunlight gives me the same problems, so I prefer slightly cloudy days & use aperture priority to get depth of field. I hand hold the camera but don't have much problem with any shake.
Well done on producing such a good pan of confusa. I think it is superior to Shantung Ducat.

[Eric Locke]

Pete

Looks as though you have found the same problems as I have, with regard to taking photos of Pleione.
I always avoid sunlight and usually find a shady spot . Most of my photos are also taken late in the day with manual adjustment of the white balance, to obtain a true colour.

Tim

Well done with your pan of Confusa

Eric

[Luc Gilgemyn]

May I add my congrats for that gorgeous P. x confusa Tim
Brilliant !

[Eric Locke]

A Few More  

Askia  "Cinnabar"
Versailles  "Heron"
Orinoco "Gemini"
Un-named Pink Shantung


Eric

[PJ]

What an impressive collection of flowers being shown by all. 

Most of my plants are very slow to flower this year showing buds but waiting for the flowers to open. I think maybe too much shading of the greenhouse. Some flowered early before I added more shading during a sunny sell, now there is a gap in the flowering except for these that have flowered recently.

My first Shantung to flower this year ‘Silver Anniversary’
Betty Arnold
Harlequin ‘Norman’

Peter.

[Eric Locke]

My first four clones of Ueli Wackernagel to flower this year.

Clones Pearl ,3 and 4 originate from Jan Berg"s cross


Eric

[Hristo]

Guys I am in awe, fantastic flowers and pics!
Eric, who must I give the kidney to for Askia 'Cinnabar'?
My little offering;
Good ole Pleione limprichtii and Pleione yunnanensis.

[Eric Locke]

Hristo

I believe Askia "Cinnabar" is one of Ian Butterfields early successes in breeding Pleione with red petals.
I am not 100% sure on this though. Anyway, this is a super clone that is quite vigorous and makes nice sized bulbs.

Eric

[Hristo]

Cheers Eric,
One to watch out for! Though I doubt I will find anyone near me who sells it!
Something to order this autumn!